Anvin

Anvin
Coat of arms
Anvin
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region Anvin
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Arras
Canton	Heuchin
Intercommunality	Pays d'Heuchin
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	André Olivier
Area1	7.83 km2 (3.02 sq mi)
Population (2009)2	803
• Density	100/km2 (270/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62036 / 62134
Elevation	51–150 m (167–492 ft) (avg. 60 m or 200 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

This article is about the commune in France. For the Linux programmer, see Hans Peter Anvin.

Anvin is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France.

Geography

Anvin is a farming village located in the Ternoise river valley, 28 miles (44 km) northwest of Arras, at the junction of the D343, D70 and D94 roads.

Population

The inhabitants are called Anvinois.

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	604	—
1968	615	+1.8%
1975	587	−4.6%
1982	639	+8.9%
1990	666	+4.2%
1999	741	+11.3%
2009	803	+8.4%

Sights

• The church of St. Leger, dating from the sixteenth century.
• The ruins of a seventeenth-century chateau.
• Vestiges of a watermill.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• Anvin on the Quid website (French)